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A Trial by Podcast

Askolta Media 113 episodes Latest Jun 2, 2026

A true crime podcast that delves into unsettling stories and historical mysteries. Each episode examines evidence, scrutinizes suspects, and presents disturbing narratives with a touch of gallows humor. The show aims to make the macabre somewhat tolerable through evidence-driven storytelling.

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Ep. 116 | The Disappearance of Cindy Anderson Jun 9, 2026 00:47:03 On August 4, 1981, twenty-year-old Cindy Anderson went to work as a legal secretary at a Toledo, Ohio law office. With just ten days left before she was set to leave for Bible college, vanished from work that day without a trace. When her bosses arrived that afternoon, her car was in the parking lot, but Cindy was gone. The romance novel Cindy had been reading was left open on her desk, a
Ep. 115 | The Camm Family Murders [Part 2 of 2] Jun 2, 2026 01:22:31 On the night of September 28th, 2000, former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm came home from a church basketball game to find his wife Kim and their two young children, Bradley and Jill, shot to death in the garage of their Georgetown, Indiana home. Some believed it was the husband — a serial cheater, with life insurance policies on his family and his daughter's blood on his s
Ep. 114 | The Camm Family Murders [Part 1 of 2] May 26, 2026 01:04:49 On the night of September 28th, 2000, former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm came home from a church basketball game to find his wife Kim and their two young children, Bradley and Jill, shot to death in the garage of their Georgetown, Indiana home. Some believed it was the husband — a serial cheater, with life insurance policies on his family and his daughter's blood on his s
Ep. 113 | The Murder of Missy Bevers: A Killer Caught on Camera Remains at Large May 19, 2026 01:06:01 Before sunrise on April 18th, 2016, Missy Bevers pulled into the parking lot of Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas. She was early — she was always early. She had a 5 AM workout class to set up for, equipment to haul in, a room to arrange. What she didn't know was that someone was already inside the building. Someone who had been there for over an hour. Someone dressed head to
Ep. 112 | The Torture and Murder of Kelly Anne Bates May 12, 2026 01:06:39 Listen ad-free on PatreonOn April 16th, 1996, 48-year-old James Patterson Smith reported to his local police station that his 17-year-old girlfriend had drowned. Firmly maintaining that this was an accident, he admitted that he was the one who drowned her and, while he claimed that he attempted to resuscitate her, it had been too late. When the police arrived at the house, they were led t
Ep. 111 | The Disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit May 5, 2026 01:02:31 Listen ad-free on PatreonJodi Huisentruit was a TV news anchor at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, who disappeared in the early morning hours of June 27, 1995, after failing to show up for her morning broadcast. Police responded to her apartment building and found signs of a struggle around her car, which was still in the parking lot, leading investigators to believe she was attacked as she h
Ep. 110 | Flordelis, 55 Kids, and the Husband Who Didn't Survive Apr 28, 2026 01:18:56 Listen ad-free on PatreonBrazil has a word for the kind of person Flordelis dos Santos de Souza appeared to be: milagre. A miracle. Born into poverty in one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous favelas, she clawed her way out not through luck or privilege, but through her faith in God — and she made it her mission to bring as many people with her as she could. By 2019, she was a celebrated
Ep. 109 | The Murder of Jessica Lunsford Apr 21, 2026 01:19:10 Listen ad-free on PatreonOn the evening of February 23rd, 2005, a man named Mark Lunsford had a date with his girlfriend. Before leaving, he said goodnight to his 9-year-old daughter Jessie, and thanked his parents, Ruth and Archie for watching her that evening. The four lived together, but Mark planned to stay overnight at his girlfriend’s that evening. When he returned to the family’s m
Ep. 108 | The Murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan [Part 2] Apr 14, 2026 01:29:39 Listen ad-free on PatreonOn the morning of February 24, 2023, police responded to 911 calls from the Banfield residence in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, where they found Christine Banfield suffering from multiple stab wounds and Joseph Ryan dead from gunshot wounds inside an upstairs bedroom. Brendan Banfield — Christine's husband and a former IRS special agent — and the family's Bra
Ep. 107 | The Murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan [Part 1] Apr 7, 2026 01:24:26 Listen ad-free on PatreonOn the morning of February 24, 2023, police responded to 911 calls from the Banfield residence in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, where they found Christine Banfield suffering from multiple stab wounds and Joseph Ryan dead from gunshot wounds inside an upstairs bedroom. Brendan Banfield — Christine's husband and a former IRS special agent — and the family's Bra
Ep. 106 | The Sonderkommando Revolt Mar 31, 2026 01:18:03 Listen ad-free on PatreonOn October 7, 1944, inside the walls of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a group of prisoners condemned to help carry out mass murder decided they would no longer go quietly. Known as the Sonderkommando, these men were forced to work in the crematoria—handling the bodies of victims and witnessing the full horror of the Nazi killing machine. But when they realized they were nex
Ep. 105 | Dr. Schneeberger: The Lie Beneath the Lab Results Mar 24, 2026 01:05:36 Listen ad-free on PatreonIn 1992, a young woman named Candy arrived at a small-town hospital shaken after a fight with her boyfriend. Emotional and overwhelmed, she had hoped to find comfort from a close friend who worked there—but her friend wasn’t on shift. Concerned about her distress, hospital staff suggested she see a doctor to help calm her down before going home. Candy agreed. Soon

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